Laowa Ranger S35 Cine Zooms: What You Need to Know 

"Rent instead of buying them..." That's the professional advice, that would save many newbies so much trouble. I loved the projects you filmed and your review ... :-)

Definitely loving the way these reviews are done. They feel organic and honest, plus you had time to take them into the real word.

I had no idea these lenses were coming out. Just started looking for a parfocal, lightweight zoom lens in this focal range. Perfect timing and I'll pick up the 17-50 first to test on production when it's out.

really appreciate the video. great information, you clearly know your stuff, brought up a lot of things I had forgotten to consider. thank you!

I find it a little odd you didn't compare this to the DZO pictors at all because that's easily the most direct competitor to the rangers. Not an actually real life comparison, but just from the hypothetical of if you're shopping for budget cine zooms right now the DZO has by fast the most popular set. If the 17-50mm is in the same price point as the DZO 20-55 it's a much better choice. I'm never wide enough at 20mm on S35; but I rarely need to be at 55mm. That trade off is so worth.

Great Video / Review - Love my FF Rangers

Great stuff man!

Great video. Really appreciated this insight and effort put into this piece. We have the RED K-X and the Laowa S35 Ranges look like a great option for us.

Just finished watching the Dramamine doc... So well done! It weirdly kinda got me emotional at the end. Great job creating a story around something so odd but kept me hooked the whole time! Your the first person iv seen that uses the Mavo consistently. I feel like its a better and cheaper komodo X.

My take as a videographer is simply that a hobbyist would not benefit from any cinema lens, much less a cinema zoom. Same way a hobbyist wouldn’t benefit from a box style cinema camera or a more professional video body, you have got to consider price to performance and overall value, in which case, the markup on video gear is insane, and if you’re not in that percentage of people that would benefit greatly from the design choices available in them, then don’t buy them. Get some old slr glass if you need a more consistent manual focus experience or find bodies/lenses that allow for linear focus.

Great video dude! I’ve really enjoyed using the 11-18 Ranger 😊 Definitely want to check out the others

Great review, and thank you for taking us into real usage of these lenses. They really are impressive, in temrs of performance and value-for-money. What is impressive too, the way you pronounce "Angénieux"... so funny. You are good at focusing and filming, no doubt. But when it comes to French words/names, it's a different story ! lol PS : one tip.. in French, about 99.9% final letters are mute and never get heard.

The shots into setting sun are incredible! The controlled flare looks really expensive.

The footage looks great man! Making me take a look at the Mavo now lol

Have you ever heard the term Nausivat? I just watched your piece and totally enjoyed it. Great job Sunny16.

I was thinking about getting these but it doesn't look like their EF mount will fit on my C70's EF adapter. I could swap to a PL adapter but there are times I need the EF glass for autofocusing.

Just saying, for less than $200 you can pick up a vintage parfocal, constant aperture (f/3.5)internal zoom (35-70mm)and adapter with that 70’s character, add gears and you can rock & roll.

Can someone put these side by side with the Tokina set? Not parfocal but I think the Tokina have more character due to them being an older lens

Again a great video to watch. How they performs to the Fujinon MKX ? I know the mkx just for fuji but :)

I WANT TO SEE THIS NEW SPACE IN PERSON

gotta love a good cheap cine zoom, but your talent is really making them shine dude!

You are my Mr. Myagi.

I would love to grab a set of cine lenses but they aren’t really conducive to what I shoot at the moment. I still operate in the photo world, but looking to transition. I would love to get to the point where I am shopping around for a set. All of that to say, it’s always great watching what other creators are using, how they are using, and tips and pointers based on experience. I don’t have any specific questions, just interested in what you’re creating. Looking out for the next one, stay awesome!

The talking head portions look gorgeous! What lens were you using for it?

Hi dailies, do you recommend kinefinity mavo 6k s35 for a newbie. Thanks.

What do you think? Are these the lenses you were hoping for?

I picked up a Fujinon MK 18-55 t2.9 for my Komodo a month or so back. FANTASTIC lens for the money. I got a great deal on mine... Had that not of been the case, these would have been the ones to grab... Especially given the size and option of EF or PL. Price point is outstanding! Did you run them much on your Fuji? Or just the Mavo?

Ooooh new schizzle

My friend, are you still using your XH2S for this talking video? are you using log or FujiFilm film simulations?

It’s true, he didn’t get to keep the lenses. I got them now 😂 Great video dude. Hope the move/settling in is going well. We going through the same lol.

what lens set would you recommend for someone who's looking to buy their first set

I believe that we need to invest gears to a certain extend that we can achieve our vision or style through those gears and learn enough expeirence to move on to similar but more professional gears. As a film student and indie filmmaker, I discover that the cost to rent gears and study them (you need time to understand and get familiar) will be equally the amount of spenting them on some properly good gears (bmpcc4k, xh2s with cage, focus pro, ninja v, vmount, rig gears, and some cheap lighting), but we do need more experience and practice to either demostrate our vision & be able to use more expensive and profesional gears on set properly. To be honest, unless you are at USC NYU or Emerson, most schools don't even have same level gears as something i described as proper gears. Thus, I believe that for people who truly need to do something, they can invest proper gears to the extend that they can gain experience and finish portfolios, they can then move on to rent big gears without wasting too much time and money on learning how thouse workflows are. Plus these controlled, proper investments will allow you to freely use them to make more personal projects without cost aswell

Nice cam bro also The thumbnail is which we picked but text in it is little bit small try to improve it video is good

Great Video, I am a big fan of your channel...I am kind of part time pro but more in multicam Classical Concert prod, Festival small doc social media artist coverage. My only true pro gear is audio,with schoeps Neuman DPA...rest are Pana gear FF MFT and some Blackmagic P4K P6K...love your concept about gear rent of the End...I am in it since 3 years coming from pure audio classical prod For ex. because every concert hall have lights I did not ever have my own 60W cob led light because I have had no use for them...since my work moved more to documentary stile artistic videos I needed to buy some entry level pro Lights...about gear aqusition I own all my cams because they are second hand used old but functional models with specific task and specific lens choice I use for each of them in my multicam setup... And renting here (CH) is very expensive in comparaison to buying used gear and I make it an investment to my compagny so can reduce my taxation...as pro work tools even the second hand stuff. btw I bought a set of Mitakons cine MFT 2 years ago +-...at the begining I had some use of them but lately I use it really no as much as I was thinking...so about cheap cine lens lime you said better for enthousiast or semi pro like me to rent them to try if they will fit the workflow. Personally I love the S35 look, and in my line of work F4 in S35 is a minimum...I often has F10 on my FF panasonic, and personaly I like zoom compression effect but I am not really a fan of super fast lenses and "bouquet". My only parfocal lens is 18-35 1.8 sigma with speedbooster.. Maybe I could revive my cine lens, and some Vintage mod lens I have found ultra cheap with the new DJI Lidar focus system... About Ranger zoom...sure I am interested and maybe could have a need for them but no budget rigjt now and priority is consolidating finances,taxes etc... To say the truth I would actually rather buy another Schoeps mic because the resale value of these mics is really very good and they are almost industrictible and sound fantqstic...If any advice you want in pro audio gear Buy schoeps like CCM or other cinema solutions they are truely top and Made in Karslruhe (Durlach) in Germany. You will not regret it! Yours Fil

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Parfocal at that weight and size? Boutta commit a travesty against my bank account.

Phillies hat = instant sub

The Sigma 17-50mm 2.8 offers almost the exact same performance but is a still lens and costs WAY less

Thank you for the financial reminder.... *closes b&h browser tab* 😅

130mm is not enough reach to be honest, especialyl when youre uesd to canon 24-70 and 70-200

i dont like it.